Opus 5 or Fable 5? The Decision Rule I Actually Use
Anthropic now ships two top-end Claudes, and the expensive one is not the default. Here's the escalation rule I run as an EM — with the real pricing, Anthropic's own benchmark numbers, and the one spec almost everyone misses.
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Opus 5 or Fable 5? The Decision Rule I Actually Use — Anthropic now ships two top-end Claudes, and the expensive one is not the default. Here's the escalation rule I run as an EM — with the real pricing, Anthropic's own benchmark numbers, and the one spec almost everyone misses.
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